Features
Explore the world of Early & Baroque Music through artist interviews, curated playlists, new album features, videos and much more.
Highlights
Dame Emma Kirkby: The quiet revolutionary
In an exclusive interview for Continuo Connect, Ashutosh Khandekar spoke to Dame Emma Kirkby about her influential career in the Early Music world.
Salisbury Musick returns – building on an 18th-century legacy
Salisbury Musick will hold their first three-day festival of early and baroque music in October 2025.
Articles
In conversation: Jean Rondeau
Continuo Connect meets the French harpsichordist extraordinaire ahead of his appearance at the Back2Bach Festival, curated by Bold Tendencies.
Off the beaten track: Music-making in Discoed
Early Music in the Marches returns to the tiny hamlet of Discoed this September, bringing inspiring performances and workshops to the Welsh borderlands.
Spotlight
In conversation: Yu-Wei Hu
Continuo meets flautist Yu-Wei Hu, a member of Oxford Bach Soloists, and a founding member of Flauguissimo
In Conversation: Emanuele Addis
Continuo meets guitarist and lute player, Emanuele Addis to discuss his musical background and projects with his ensemble, Londinium Consort.
In conversation: Henrik Persson
Continuo Connect meets baroque cellist and viol player Henrik Persson, co-founder of the ensemble Newe Vialles.
Watch & Listen
Playlist: The best of Dame Emma Kirkby
A playlist, illustrating the rich career of Continuo Patron, Dame Emma Kirkby, with some of her most beloved recordings.
Biber: Violin Sonatas – 1681
Bojan Čičić records Heinrich Biber’s collection of sonatas from 1681 - comprising some of the most ambitious and inventive violin works of the 17th century.
The Best of Bach Cantatas
A compilation of some of the most beloved movements from Bach’s Cantatas, as well as some lesser-known gems...
Crossing Borders
La Serenissima return with an album of works by Telemann, Sieber, Durante, and Brescianello – their 11th with Signum Records.
The OAE introduces...
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment presents a series of videos introducing the interesting and unusual instruments commonly found in early music.
Barnstorming!
Barnstorming! was born out of the desire to reconnect with colleagues and audiences during the COVID pandemic. Three concert films were created.